Pro /ENGINEER Package Overview

P ower f u l prod u ct deve l opment so l u tions f or an y si z e compan y

O n e P l at f o r m . Ma x i m u m P o w e r . A n y si z e co m pa n y.

PTC delivers the broadest range of

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Foundation XE

Advanced XE
Advanced SE

Enterprise XE
Enterprise SE
powerful product development
packages on the market today. No
3D CAD Design

matter which package you choose, Advanced Modeling,

Drawing, Assembly,
Sheetmetal, etc.

you’ll get the industry’s fastest, most

Product Data
Management
comprehensive tools: easy to use, On-Demand
Included
Extended Design Add-Ons

competitively priced, and always Free-form Surfacing,

Top-Down Design,
Piping / Cabling, One Add-On All Add-Ons
Mechanism Dynamics, etc. Included

upgradeable – to seamlessly meet the

Collaboration,

varied demands of your business. Project Management

Engineering Calculations
Tolerance Analysis
Simulation & Analysis
Digital Rights Management

The Complete Set of CAD Solutions –

Each Pro/ENGINEER package provides a powerful, easily scalable
On a Single, Integrated Platform
set of capabilities.
Product design firms and manufacturing companies are under
constant pressure to develop more products in less time, without
sacrificing innovation or quality. Pro/ ENGINEER integrated
CAD/ CAM/ CAE solutions are the world standard – providing
you with everything you need to achieve the highest quality
design in the fastest possible time. The unlimited scalability
of Pro/ ENGINEER also allows you to add new users and
expand capabilities with new modules as your needs grow.
And, since Pro/ ENGINEER is an integral part of PTC’s
Product Development System, your 3D CAD solution will
seamlessly connect to PTC’s industry leading solutions,
including Windchill for content and process management;
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ProductView for advanced mock-up and interactive

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visualization; Mathcad for engineering calculations; and

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Arbortext for dynamic publishing.

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Pro/ENGINEER provides power and scalability to meet the complex

design needs of discrete manufacturers.
 Pro / ENGINEER Packages
pa c k a g e o v e r v i e w

Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE Pro/ENGINEER Advanced SE Pro/ENGINEER Advanced XE

(Extended Edition)
The essential 3D CAD value package is powerful,
easy to use, and fully scalable. This package
features the industry’s broadest range of core
modeling and design capabilities for creating
high quality designs in less time. Capabilities of
the package include:
(Standard Edition)
The best 3D CAD design tools combined with
an easy-to-deploy, hosted data management
solution. Specifically tailored to meet the needs
of companies that need to speed development
cycles, Pro/ ENGINEER Advanced SE helps you
respond faster to changing requirements, share
Designed for engineers who need more design
power and more efficient design processes. The
package includes:
• Pro/ ENGINEER Foundation XE package
3D CAD capabilities
• Choice of data management option:
–– Pro/ INTRALINK for Pro/ ENGINEER data
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product information, and lower costs. The package

• Comprehensive 3D Solid Modeling
• Detailed Documentation: 2D and 3D Drawings
• Technical Surfacing
• Assembly Modeling
• Weld Modeling and Documentation
• Mechanism Design and Design Animation
• ModelCHECK – Design Validation Tool
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• Data Interoperability and Import Data Repair
• Integrated Web Capabilities
• Complete Library of Parts, Features,
Tools and More
includes:
• Pro/ ENGINEER Foundation XE, giving
you powerful 3D CAD capabilities to create
the highest quality designs
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• Windchill PDMLink , providing robust and
comprehensive data management. IBM On
Demand hosting included.
• PTC University Web-based Training,
delivering instant access to online training for
managing Pro/ ENGINEER data in Windchill
management, or Windchill PDMLink for
broader engineering content and
process management
• Choice of one high-performance
design module:
–– Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Assembly
–– Pro/ ENGINEER Behavioral Modeling
–– Pro/ENGINEER Interactive Surface Design
–– Pro/ ENGINEER Mechanism Dynamics
–– Pro/ ENGINEER Piping and Cabling

The Pro/ENGINEER design validation capabilities Access Windchill PDMLink data management Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Assembly Extension
in ModelCHECK address your quality challenges capabilities directly from the Pro/ENGINEER offers capabilities, such as skeleton models, to
by monitoring, enforcing, and deploying company user interface. support top-down design.
standards and best practices.

The Pro/ENGINEER Advantage A Solution for Your Role in Product Design

The Pro/ ENGINEER family of integrated 3D CAD/ CAM/ CAE solutions In addition to the products contained in these Pro/ ENGINEER packages,
delivers a distinct advantage for engineers and designers because PTC offers additional precision tools that extend the power of
Pro/ ENGINEER is fully associative. That means any change made to the Pro/ ENGINEER, including:
design is automatically reflected in all downstream deliverables – without
• Pro/ ENGINEER Manufacturing Solutions offer powerful tools for
any data translation required. So you not only save time, but you also
machining, prismatic and multi-surface milling, tool design, moldbase
avoid the possibility of translation errors in your design. Pro/ ENGINEER
design, NC sheetmetal, computer-aided verification of machined parts,
is also an integral part of PTC’s Product Development System (PDS). You
plastic-filling process simulations, and more
can seamlessly expand your PDS solution by adding Mathcad, Windchill,
• Pro/ ENGINEER Advanced Mechanica for extended
ProductView, or Arbortext solutions, and gain easy access to information
simulation and analysis, such as advanced material and
and people through the Web user interface. No other product development
non-linear behaviors
package offers more power and speed in a single, fully scalable platform.

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Powerful Product Development Solutions For Any Size Company
Pro/ENGINEER Enterprise SE
A complete product development solution
that’s optimized to solve the complex needs
of today’s globally dispersed development
teams. Pro/ENGINEER Enterprise SE enables
teams to work concurrently, share information
efficiently, promote design reuse, and leverage
an automated change process that ensures
integrity and traceability of designs. The
package includes:
• All solutions in the Pro/ENGINEER
Advanced XE package
• All five high-performance modules offered as
options in the Pro/ ENGINEER Advanced XE
Package:
–– Pro/ ENGINEER Advanced Assembly
–– Pro/ ENGINEER Behavioral Modeling
–– Pro/ ENGINEER Interactive Surface Design
–– Pro/ ENGINEER Mechanism Dynamics
–– Pro/ ENGINEER Piping and Cabling
• Windchill ProjectLink – Web-based
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collaboration and project management
capabilities
Access Windchill ProjectLink™ collaboration
and project management capabilities directly
from the Pro/ENGINEER user interface.
• Pro/ENGINEER Expert Framework for fast, easy creation of
structural frameworks
• Pro/ ENGINEER Routed Systems Designer for 2D schematic layout of
cables and pipes
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• Arbortext IsoDraw for directly converting 3D CAD model data into
high-quality technical illustrations and animations
• ProductView ECAD electronic design collaboration solutions for ECAD
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design data visualization, comparison, collaboration and validation
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Pro/ENGINEER Enterprise XE
The industry’s most comprehensive product
development package, designed to broaden and
drive engineering process optimization both
upstream and downstream. Improve technical
publishing, as well as engineering processes
such as concept development, system design,
detailed design, variant design and generation,
verification and validation, and design
outsourcing. The package includes:
• All solutions in the Pro/ ENGINEER
Enterprise SE package
• Mathcad – solves and documents
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Leverage the bi-directional integration
engineering calculations between Mathcad and Pro/ENGINEER to
• Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica – performs key
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enable predictive engineering and reduce
simulation and analysis tasks inefficient design iterations.
• Pro/ENGINEER Tolerance Analysis Extension
powered by CETOL Technology – adds
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powerful tolerance analysis capabilities such
as 1-D stack-up, contribution and sensitivity
analyses within the design environment
• Pro/ENGINEER Rights Management
Extension – protects your design IP
dynamically and persistently. Leverages
Adobe Livecycle
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• Rights Management server to create, manage
and monitor access policies
Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica enables
validation of designs, such as this model of
a brake, and reduces the number of physical
prototypes needed.
The Right Solution – Without Compromise
Pro/ ENGINEER is simple to learn and use, and is available in a
variety of packages designed to meet your company’s specific needs.
Whether you need a cost-effective 3D CAD system that contains all the
basic design capabilities (Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE); or 3D CAD,
data management and extended capabilities such as advanced
assembly or piping and cabling design (Pro/ ENGINEER Advanced XE);
or the most comprehensive engineering design optimization package
(Pro/ ENGINEER Enterprise XE) that gives you more analysis horsepower
and protects your valuable design IP, you’ll find exactly what you need in
one of the packages in the chart on the following page.
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Pro / ENGINEER Packages

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Foundation XE

Advanced XE
Advanced SE

3D Detail Design /
Part Modeling
Enterprise XE
Enterprise SE
Design validation with PTC’s ModelCHECK ™
Solid, sheetmetal, and weld modeling
Support for 3D drawings and annotations per new ASME Y14.41 standard
3D cabling and piping design

Advanced parametric surfacing

Surfacing Global modeling and warp surface modification

Interactive surface design for creating complex surfaces, G2 continuity

Embed form, fit and function knowledge with AssemblySense™

Flexible models; single BOM entry for multiple geometry states
Assembly Simplified representations and Shrinkwrap™ which protects
Modeling intellectual property and reduces file size
Advanced assembly with top-down design, process planning, design
for manufacturability, and 2D associative process sheets

Incorporation of Web Services for native Web connectivity

Imported data repair

Interoperabilit y and Multi-platform support including Windows/Solaris/HP-UX

Data Exchange Support for all major standards such as STEP/IGES/DXF/STL/VRML,
AutoCAD DWG, DXF (import of 3D with associated 2D), ACIS
import/export, Parasolid import/export*

Real-time photorendering
Design animation with movies, motion envelopes, and interference checking
Mechanism kinematics design with click-and-drag animation
Simulation
Mechanism dynamics simulation of force, velocity, acceleration, torque
Advanced behavioral modeling for product design and optimization
Structural and thermal simulation

A secure project workspace for collaboration with global team members

Collaboration and
Project Management Project management and execution that controls action items,
milestones and deliverables

Pro/ENGINEER CAD data management

Digital Product Data
Broad enterprise product data management **
Management and
Automated change management process**
Process Control
Configuration management **

Engineering calculations (Mathcad)

Tolerance Analysis
Engineering
(Pro/ENGINEER Tolerance Analysis Extension powered by CETOL Technology)
Optimization
Digital Rights Management (Pro/ENGINEER Rights Management Extension)

* Support for import and export of CATIA V4, CATIA V5 and UG, including PTC‘s For more detailed information about the Pro/ ENGINEER Packages,
patented Associative Topology Bus™; compatibility and support for I-DEAS import
please visit www.PTC.com/ go/ proengineerpackages
can be purchased separately.
** Available only with Windchill PDMLink. Data management support for other
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